Take me out to the BALLGAME

My new favorite song!

The Kid turns 6!

Caleb turned six on June 9th. What can I say about him? Well, basically, he is amazing. He has grown so much this year and surprises me every day with his kindness, love, and generosity. He is a great older brother and the best son I could ask for. He always says, "I love you" when I need to hear it the most and gives out lots of hugs. I love that he is always kind to his friends and tries to be thoughtful of Jacob. He is my buddy. He loves Star Wars, Castles, playing the Wii and playing games with anyone! He also loves to read and is getting better at it every day.

Caleb had a great year in Kindergarten and loved his teacher, Mrs. Hopper. He loved to buy pizza from the cafeteria on Fridays and corn dogs whenever they had them.

I love watching you grow every day, Caleb and feel so blessed that Heavenly Father chose me as your mom. We Love you so much!

A pirates life for us

We had a great visit from my parents at the end of May. The boys were totally in their element with Grandma and Grandpa. We loved taking them to some of our favorite places and some of the seedy city scenes. We visited the Science Center Pirate exhibit, the Botanical Gardens and ate the best BBQ in St. Louis at Pappy's Smokehouse. Can you email me that photo dad of me and Pappy?

Mom amongst the Allium!
Sauces at Pappy's Smokehouse.
David and Jake at the Botanical Gardens.
Caleb at the Science center ready for some pirate fun.

The same week they were here I went through another miscarriage. Thanks, mom and dad, for taking care of us even though we were supposed to be taking care of you! We miss you already.

parenting skills

Now THIS, is multi-tasking! Gotta love it. I have the best hubby in the world.


Prayer for thought:

Caleb- "Heavenly Father, we are thankful for this day. We are thankful for the food. Please bless it that it will nourish our bodies. Please bless Jake that he won't be ornery and that he won't cry..."

David (in hopes of inspiring Caleb to be more patient) - "and please bless me to not be so bossy.."

Caleb- "..and please bless Daddy to not be so bossy.......Amen"

Touche, me thinks.